aṃtareṇaind.1 (Used as a preposition with acc. P. II. 3. 4 aṃtarāṃtareṇayukte) (a) Except, without, leaving; harimaṃtareṇa na sukhaṃ Sk.; ka idānīṃsahakāramaṃtareṇa pallavitāmatimuktalatāṃ sahate Ś. 3; kriyāṃtarāṃtarāyamaṃtareṇa āryaṃdraṣṭumicchāmi Mu. 3 without interfering with any other duty; narājāparādhamaṃtareṇa prajāsvakālamṛtyuścarati U. 2; mārmikaḥko maraṃdānāmaṃtareṇa madhuvrataṃ Bv. 1. 117. (b) With regard or reference to, with respect to, about, towards, on account of; atha bhavaṃtamaṃtareṇa kīdṛśo'syādṛṣṭirāgaḥ Ś. 2; tadasyā devīṃ vasumatīmaṃtareṇamahadupālaṃbhanaṃ gato'smi Ś. 5; kiṃ nu khalumāmaṃtareṇa ciṃtayati vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ K. 178; calitaṃ nāma nāṭyamaṃtareṇa kīdṛśī mālavikā M. 2 how M. is faring or progressing in the dance &c.; tatastayābhavato'vinayamaṃtareṇa parigṛhītārthā kṛtā devī M. 4. (c) Within, inside, into (madhye). (d) Between, (ubhayormadhye); tvāṃ māṃ cāṃtareṇakamaṃḍaluḥ Mbh.; aṃtareṇa havanīyaṃ gārhapatyaṃ (pb) ca Śat. Br.; aṃtareṇa stanau vā bhruvau vāvimṛjyātibid.; Śi. 3. 3. (e) During, amidst. 2 (Used as an adverb) (a) Between, amidst; yāvadvā makṣikāyāḥpatraṃ tāvānaṃtareṇāvakāśaḥ Śat. Br. (b) At heart, aṃtareṇa susnigdhā eṣā Mk. 1.